How to motivate yourself to work hard and stop procrastinating?

Replace motivation with systems. Motivated people achieve more not because they feel more inspired, but because they have removed the need to feel inspired before starting. Create fixed work conditions:

'I write from 7–8am every weekday at my desk, phone off.' The clock triggers the action not your mood. Also reconnect with a specific, vivid why: write down exactly how your life looks different one year from now if you act consistently versus if you don't.